In the United States

Total vehicle registration is 8,000. There are 10 miles of paved roads

In 1900, 115 auto deaths - 96 lynchings

Ford forms the Ford Motor Company

Top speed for new cars is 8 mph. Gasoline fuel efficiency is 35 mpg

New York operates the first U.S. motorized ambulance in the United States

Boston's last horse drawn trolley is replaced by a 12-passenger electric bus

The Automobile Club of America hosts the first automobile race in New York. Nine cars raced along Merrick road on Long Island from
Sprigfield to Babylon, twenty-five miles each way. A. L. Riker, driving an electric motorcar, was the winner finishing in just over
two hours

William McKinley becomes first U.S. President to ride in an automobile-first a steamer and then an electric

Some 48,000 fans attend the first National Automobile Show in November in New York; 40 auto companies companies exhibit products, as do 11 parts & accessory firms. Seven cars displayed are steam-powered. Car prices range from $280 to $4000 (about 300 types are on exhibit)

The Mobile Company of America builds a 200-foot ramp (53 feet high) at the show to demonstrate the hill-climbing and braking ability of steam vehicles

Short-lived electric omnibus service begins on Fifth Avenue, New York City

As the number of pedestrians hit by automobiles increases, the city of Chicago considers a bill to require cars to have fenders.

In Washington D.C. the era of the horse car comes to an end as the last
horse car makes it final run

Bicycle manufacturer Alfred Pope nearly correctly predicts that U.S. cities will have more cars than horses in 1910

Gasoline cars beat electric cars for first time at Washington Park race track in Chicago

The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers is formed

RE Dietz Company introduces special kerosene lamps with a clear white flame that cast a 200-foot beam and remain steady on rough roads

Automobile advertising appears in The Saturday Evening Post for first time

Several makes have gasoline engines under a hood - the first such installation on American vehicles